Jiang Ye finished speaking, casually tossed the group owner aside, and left the group again.
But no one spoke in the group anymore.
The entire group seemed to have been humiliated and then carelessly discarded, remaining silent.
Everyone was in extreme shock that the private chat group of various planetary forces had been hacked. No one had expected such a move. Needless to say, the various planetary forces began to investigate precisely which network had been breached.
As they investigated, they fell into even greater shock.
The network had not been hacked from one place, but from many.
Without them realizing it, their signal base stations, main base signals, orbital spacecraft signals, and satellite signals had all been thoroughly penetrated. It was as if they had been riddled with holes, their firewalls becoming gauze screens, and their network data packets turning into public buses. Their security could not be said to be completely gone; they were practically naked.
Not only that, but the databases of more than half of the planetary forces had also been breached. They had originally thought their databases were impenetrable black boxes, or at least difficult to access barriers. However, after the network penetration by the Jiang Ye Star forces, the black exteriors of these databases had turned into transparent glass, or even into air. All the data had surely been peeped at thoroughly, ten times over.
The network hackers of the Jiang Ye Star forces were extremely stealthy. They had been lurking for several months, causing no destruction, making no sound, and emitting no light. They were like assassins in black, holding their breath in the sewers, and had even quietly repaired a few faulty points, all for the purpose of stealing data from the various planetary forces. They stole so much their hands were numb, stealing until their basins were full, taking everything from important data to junk data, from classified information to daily logs.
The personnel responsible for network security in the various planetary forces were first shocked, then terrified, and finally utterly disgusted.
It felt as if their homes had been fitted with over a hundred cameras in every room, with every word, every action, every meal, every fart, and every moment in bed being monitored by a group of people 24 hours a day. While they were completely unaware, hundreds or thousands of eyes were watching them from behind. The more the staff thought about it, the more disgusted they became, eventually running to the toilet to hold onto the basin and vomit uncontrollably.
After the malicious act, came the investigation.
They investigated how the networks of various departments were hacked.
The facilities on Bi Rong Star were relatively primitive, and the various planetary forces had not invested heavily in building complete network security systems.
However, some basic security measures were still in place.
For example, network segmentation, where networks in different areas did not communicate with each other, ensuring that if one part was compromised, another part could still function.
Therefore, when all parts of the network were completely penetrated, everyone was baffled as to how it was achieved.
After searching for a long time, the various planetary forces discovered that the Jiang Ye Star forces had used many different methods to overcome network segmentation.
The most significant was satellite signal intrusion. The military satellites orbiting Bi Rong Star had been marking the ground signals of various planetary forces since their launch, and began quietly infiltrating networks the next day.
There was also intrusion through signal stations. First, satellite signals controlled the signal stations, and then the signal stations connected to the hidden internal networks.
There was also intrusion through individual soldier equipment and mechanical soldier networks. It was unclear how this was achieved; it was suspected that special forces might have come and transmitted invasion signals at close range.
Finally, they found two types of network worms.
One was a network crawler, and the other was a network flyer, both only cherry-sized. They crawled on outdoor cables and underground pipelines, biting into the circuits with their metal teeth, surviving on the power of the various planetary forces, and implanting network viruses to steal data. The process was somewhat like a mosquito feeding, drawing some blood and then spitting something back in.
Some network systems were hacked for reasons that could not be found at all. It was suspected that internal personnel had betrayed them, or there were other reasons.
The various planetary forces were all astonished and regarded the network security incident on Bi Rong Star as a disgrace.
At the same time, the Jiang Ye Star forces were mobilized overnight.
Ten hours after Jiang Ye made his statement in the group, over 500,000 mechanical soldiers, 60,000 human troops, and 120,000 relevant workers from the Jiang Ye Star forces were rapidly deployed. The lights and figures at major starports and airports formed a tidal wave, and amidst the deafening roar, they formed ranks, equipped themselves, and received orders, converging into a massive war machine.
The Stefan Star forces were the first target, but the territory of this planet was in the Southern Hemisphere, thousands of miles away from the territory of the Jiang Ye Star forces.
The Stefan Star forces initially held onto the illusion that Jiang Ye was just talking big, and that with such a great distance, he would be powerless to attack even if he wanted to.
In the early morning, while it was still pitch dark, a vast expanse of lights swept across the sky above the clouds. Parachute flowers, more continuous than the clouds, appeared in the sky above Stefan Star, completely shattering all delusions.
Within just two days of the war, the Jiang Ye Star forces had air-dropped 600,000 troops onto Stefan Star.
On the third day of the war, the Stefan Star forces announced their surrender. By the time of surrender, more than half of their personnel had been captured as prisoners.
Upon hearing the news, the various planetary forces on Bi Rong Star were thrown into great shock and panic.
Three days to cross half a planet, attacking as they pleased, air-dropping sixty thousand troops, and decisively eliminating a planetary force.
In this process, the formidable infrastructure, abundant troop reserves, and superior organizational capabilities of the Jiang Ye Star forces were fully exposed. It would be a lie to say it wasn't terrifying. Some smaller planetary forces could barely sleep at night. Not to mention their enclaves on Bi Rong Star, even their home planets could not achieve this level. Fortunately, they were all planets of the Galactic Empire. If it were ancient times, such a vast disparity in military strength would have had unimaginable consequences.
Jiang Ye recalled the options the military had given him when he first took charge of Jiang Ye Star.
At that time, there was a very tempting option: not to develop the military at all, and to spend money every year to seek protection from the Galactic Empire's stationed troops.
Jiang Ye did not choose this option. Instead, he chose the most difficult path of self-development, building his own arms factories, establishing his own army, preparing his own military supplies, and iterating his own military thinking.
Now, this choice was beginning to show its immense power.
The Jiang Ye Star had a complete military system, which was incomparable to the planets that had made other choices.
A total of 40,000 people were captured on Stefan Star. These individuals were eventually ransomed back to their home planets for 150,000 each. At the same time, Stefan Star completely lost its right to benefit from its share on Bi Rong Star.
Negotiations between the Jiang Ye Star forces and other planets suddenly became much easier.
The various planetary forces became incredibly docile, proactively lowering their demands, their attitudes completely changed from before.
At the same time, a second batch of planetary forces also requested peace talks. They felt that the tide had turned, and it was only a matter of time before the Jiang Ye Star forces gained sovereignty over Bi Rong Star. It was better to get to the negotiating table early and take some benefits gracefully.
Upon learning of this situation, Jiang Ye felt deeply pained.
Why were people so lacking in principles?
Were they so easily intimidated by a show of force that they lost their principles?
If everyone was so inclined to bully the weak and fear the strong, wouldn't barbaric thoughts prevail? How could the light of civilization bloom?
It was truly heartbreaking!